#muslim mental health

[bigenderrevert]

Trying to dive into my Deen to combat the mental health Brainworms I trying to be more pious

[thoolibul-ilm]

i struggle to sleep tonight because of many things but mostly grief, a regular companion of mine. some days we fight because i hate being reminded of what i once had but it's getting better, i'm learning to accept.

it's still not easy to move through life knowing i've lost so much and not every loss is regained, let alone replaced. i'm not where i thought or imagined myself to be, there are both pros and cons to this but what matters is which i choose to focus on. how do i strike a balance between validating and honouring the grief of what has passed whilst making room for what's in store? people think you can only grieve what you once had but that's not true, what you wanted but never got hurts just as bad. going through life projecting your own pain and insecurities on others means you can never truly be happy for them, since you will question your worth. this deservingness that you seem to lack.

i ache to be understood; to be seen and heard by others but i forgot my longest relationship is with god and myself. i needed to go to the creator to ask for help to love myself, the one who loves me regardless. i was made loveable but blinded to the truth from my trauma

[lostshepherd1]

Allahumma-ja’lni khayran mima yadhunoon

wa-ghfir li ma la ya’lamoon

wa la tu’akhidhni bi ma yaquloon.

O' Allah, make me better than what they think of me, and forgive me for what they don't know about me, and don't take me to account for what they say about me.

[bulllinachinashop]

I could have been everything had I not been so afraid

[sagefrizzle]

The sooner we eliminate this cult, the better.

We need to rescue every woman and re-educate them on modern woman (and not liberal woman) ways. Some are far too brainwashed or beaten down to want to readjust to 2025 modern day womanhood

https://x.com/realMaalouf/status/1906466426770030704?t=1Z3DdtuhlM6Wh5Xz02tFzw&s=19

[bluartist]

this goes out to all the people who are being bullied for being who they are

this goes out to all the people who are struggling to survive under oppression

this goes out to all the people who were taken advantage of

this goes out to all the people who are struggling to live

this goes out to all the people who live in such a place where they don't feel safe

this goes out to all the people who don't feel comfortable with their own body

this goes out to all the people who have to experience these kinds of situations

you matter and you always will be. live for everyone you love and for the next generations. i will always be there for you.

[ahl-e-dil]

[ccomelantartidee]

“Ya Allah, why do I have to suffer this much?” But in your duaa’s you begged Him to give you strength.

“Ya Allah, I’m tired, why do I have to go through so much?” But in the night you prayed for patience.

See how every single word you put in your prayers is changing your reality? You asked for strength and patience and Allah gave you hardship to be able to build that strength.

Your ease will come too: don’t forget to pray for it!🤍

🤲🏻 Ya Allah, show me how good life can be.

🤲🏻 Ya Allah, show me how generous people can be.

🤲🏻 Ya Allah, show me how comfortable and abundant life can get.

🤲🏻 Ya Allah, show me how easy it is to connect with you.

🤲🏻 Ya Allah, show me how happy I can be!

[bigenderrevert]

Yeah I've struggled a bit too, but whenever I recognize hardship as a trial, it gets a little bit easier and my faith is strengthened, although this is still really hard, but realizing it's temporary also helps

Still doesn't change the fact that this is incredibly difficult

I feel so.....

I don't know...

I don't feel like there's really any constructive talk about struggle, and coping with struggle in the Muslim community.

The posts *I* come across are all like "shut up you don't have a mental illness you need to be grateful you don't have it worse"

And I just....

While my therapist and I have gone over that being mindful and acknowledging the good in life is, in fact, good for mental health, when I went to her and was like "yeah I'm just... not experiencing any good emotions. I'm nit having any positive emotions or reactions to the things in my life. I think I have anhedonia" amd I told her I was afraid she was going to tell me to "be mindful and focus on gratitude", her actual response was "we can't focus on what isn't there".

Yes, struggles are how Allah tests us, but how are we supposed to get through those tests, when gritting and baring it just.... isn't working? How do wr find meaning our faith, when everything around us is awful? Why hasn't anyone talked about how to use Islam as a way to ACTUALLY cope with mental health and just general life struggles? Why is the first response to the idea of mental illness when making a video on Islam and mental health to say "I'm not talking about mental illness, you're not mentally ill"(legitimately the opening to a video I went to watch that was titled along the lines "mental health and Islam")?

I don't know.

I think that we as a community, especially a religious community, could do SO much better for ourselves and our people(and even non believers) if instead of having the attitude of "shut up about your problems and be grateful it isn't worse", we trying to see what Allah can teach us about coping with mental health and general life struggles beyond just "being grateful it isn't worse". I feel like Allah has SO MUCH MORE to teach us than that.

[thousandyearphantombunker]

i hate the fact the term karen went from describing a bitchy entitled customer to basically the modern day equivalent of calling a woman a harpy (misogynistic as fuck) and that people use the term on people out in public who are at the end of their rope emotionally from stress or a shitty day. I get it just because your having a rough time doesn't mean you get to be a dick but sometimes I think people are seriously lacking in empathy and I get it a lot shit the customer might be dealing with isn't your responsibility but like if a customer is struggling with something simple maybe don't be a dick? Just a thought.

[draree]

“Sins lead to darkness in one's heart. Obedience to Allah is light, but disobedience to Allah is darkness. When one's darkness increases, one's confusion intensifies, until one falls blindly into the world of innovation and misguidance, just like a blind person walking alone at night. This darkness may become deeper and gradually shows up as dullness in the face of the sinner.”

Imam Ibnul Qayyim

[Book:- Spiritual Diseases and Its Cures]

[lostshepherd1]

fa idhaa 'azamta fatawakkal 'alal laah

innallaaha yuhibbul mutawak kileen

And once you have taken a decision, place your trust in Allah.Surely, Allah loves those who place their trust in Him.(3:159)

[bulllinachinashop]

To think, that all my life, I’d been looking for you. And seas dry to dust, and tears unshed by years of unsung grief harden the heart to rock. And the sun sets and the moon rises, reminding us, that light has a way of seeping through, even through the darkest of hearts. I love you, it is enough. What more can we say about those that were never more to us, but loved. And this is poetry, and this too has an end.

[she-is-trying-to-heal]

I don't believe that God has a physical form.

As a Muslim, we know that God doesn't have a physical form that we can see or touch yet. But while I lay here with a dull ache in my heart, I tried imagining being held in someone's arms. Something to soothe that ache. But then I got this image in my head. A warm blanket of light, of noor, being wrapped around me. I felt a warm feeling spread inside of my body.

That's the same feeling that I used to have whenever I prayed Tahajjud.

God will find a way back into your life and no matter what, you will always end up appreciating it.

[shusworldxx]

about me

hii! i'm originally from bahrain 🇧🇭 but i live in the u.s. now. i'm muslim, super sentimental, and a cat girl at heart 🐱 i love cooking, collecting music that makes me feel something, and movies. my fav artists right now are lana del rey, frank ocean, kali uchis, sza, mazzy star, and radiohead 🎧💭 i care really deeply about mental health—i’ve been through stuff too, so i get it 🤍 looking for moots!! *no men😒*

anyways have a good day, mwah

--shushu

[senseuality]

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